Clasp.



J. KAHN.

CLASP. APPLICATION FILED OCT. 16. I936.

L2L9964 Patented Apr. 10,1917.

JULIS RAI-IN, CF JERSEY CITY, NEW JERSEY, ASSIGNOR T0 PACIFIC NOVELTY COM- IPANY, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., A CORPORATION OF NEW YORK.

CLASSE.

Specficacon ofLtters Patent.

Patented Apr. 10, 1917.

T0 aZZ w7wm zt may concern:

Be it known that I, JULIUS KAHN, a citi zen of the United States, and a resident of Jersey City, oounty of Essex, and State of New Jersey, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Clasps, of which the follovving is a specification.

The invention relates particularly to a device used -as a hair ornament and known as a braid clasp although it may be made and used in various ways such as for a lingerie clasp and the like.

The primary object of this invention is to provide an article of this character which is of simple and economioal construction and which involves a minimum of parts and material with considerable ease in assemblage.

Vith this object in view, I have devised the construction shown in the accompanying drawing forming part hereof and more particularly pointed out in the specification and claim hereto attached.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawing, in which Figure 1 is a side elevation of my improved clasp in closed position;

Fig. 2 is a plan view of the same;

Fig. 3 is a sectional vievv on the line 33 of Fig. 1, looking in the direction of the arrows; and

Fig. lis a sectional view on the line 44 of Fig. 1, looking in the direction of the arrows.

Throughout the various drawings, similar reference characters desi'gnate similar parts.

In the preferred embodiment of my invention, as shown in the accompanying drawing, the entire devioe is made from a single fiat strip of resilient material, which comprises an upwardly arched member 1 Which is curled or bent at each of its ends as at 2 and 3.

Extending from the semicircular bond 2 is the locking tongue 5, which is twisted, as at 4, so that its fiat sides are vertically disposed, or at right angles-t0 the fiat surfaces of the member 1. The upper edge of this looking tongue is provided with a hump 6, the edge of the hump being provided with a plurality of teeth or serrations 7 to engage the hair and hold the device in place.

To look in tongue 5 and retain the device in its closed position, as shown in Fig. 1, the end 8 of the bend or 100p 3 is provided in its upper edge with a reoess 9 into which the tongue 5 fits, as shown inFig. 4, said tongue being held therein by the resiliency of the material.

To open the device the tongue 5 is merely moved clear of the recess and the tongue pushed sidewise and downwardly until it assumes the. position shown in dotted limes in Fig. 1.

From the foregoing, it is obvious that my invention is not to be restricted to the embodiment herein shown but is broad enough to cover all structures coming within the scope of the annexed claim.

What I claim is:

A clasp having a fiat member, said member being bent upon itself at one end to form a 100p, a recess formed in the upper edge of said loop, the fiat member being bent upon itself at its other end to form a locking tongue for engagement with the recess, said tongue being twisted so that its fiat sides are vertical, a hump formed on Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washngton, D. G. 

